..Drug use (illicit drug use and nonmedical use of prescription drugs) is common but underrecognized in primary care settings. We validated a single-question screening test for drug use and drug use disorders in primary care...

The ability of single screening questions for unhealthy alcohol and other drug use to identify substance dependence in primary care

Richard SaitzClinical Addiction Research and Education CARE Unit, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MassachusettsJ Stud Alcohol Drugs 75:153-7. 2014

..In addition, SSQs could provide information on severity that is necessary for brief intervention, information thought to be available only from longer questionnaires. We assessed SSQ accuracy for identifying dependence...

The Short Inventory of Problems-Modified for Drug Use (SIP-DU): validity in a primary care sample